Fresh Twigs, Drying Blood, and Popped Corn: The Ephemeral Materiality of Eastern Minyag Ritual Objects
The Eastern Minyag is a small community located east of Gangkar Mountain (Chinese: <i>gongga shan</i>) in Southwest China. Their complex rituals, performed by ritual specialists (<i>sutcywu</i>), serve various purposes: diagnosing the causes of individual psycho-physical ailm...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | Valentina Punzi |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2025-04-01
|
| Series: | Religions |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/5/539 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Introduction: Enquiries into Contemporary Ritual Landscapes
by: Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen, et al.
Published: (2017-06-01) -
In the Lap of the Buddha: Intimacy in Tibetan Ritual
by: Cameron David Warner
Published: (2025-02-01) -
Buddhist Ritual Attributes and Symbols in Russian and Foreign Historiography
by: N. G. Alfonso
Published: (2018-08-01) -
Broken words, furious wasps. How should we translate the sonic materiality of Araweté ritual singing?
by: Guilherme Orlandini Heurich
Published: (2020-06-01) -
Exú's Work – The Agency of Ritual Objects in Southeast Brazilian Umbanda
by: Eleonora A. Lundell
Published: (2016-06-01)